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Khmer vs Maltese


Maltese vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
24   
14

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Ħello   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Kif int?   

Good Night
ND   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
ND   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
ND   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
ND   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
ND   
Skużani!   

Bye
ND   
Ċaw   

I Love You
ND   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
ND   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Malti   

French Name
khmer central   
maltais   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Maltese   

History

Origin
14   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
khm   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Khmer and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Maltese language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Maltese Language History.

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Khmer and Maltese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Maltese language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Maltese Difficulty

The Khmer vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Maltese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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